I am not good at aligning myself with any movement that comes along but also I don't like the thought of sitting back and doing nothing.

If in anything I have faith in something you could call the human spirit - I have faith it will always save itself at the last minute.

You may think things didn't change much after the 60s 'revolution' - but they did. The levels of prescriptive disapproval for anyone who stepped outside the norm receded.

I listen to other people's music now. I didn't for many years but now I am fascinated again as much as I was when I started out.

I knew I wanted to do something that wasn't just domestic and endless but I had no idea what and no inkling that it could ever be music.

I have been struck by the way all the young people I've met through coming back to music are so much more generous-spirited with each other than I remembered people being. It gives me hope.

I'm sure the audience could see me trembling. I want to do more live work; my next goal is to shake the fear.

If you go chasing your freedom your fate will only follow you there and force you back.

He quite liked dentists’ waiting rooms. Waiting for dentists was good. Waiting for them was so much better than having them stick metal spikes in your mouth.

The same source that gave you the idea, will give you the means to see it through.

I am a hot-blooded fire and I am fearless.

Inviting audiences to open up and hear things differently is an important part of what I do. But I still love to sing songs with words, too.

Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.

The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books.

I've learned that love takes priority.

Treat other people the way you want to be treated. Most people won't do that because it makes them vulnerable.

I was always into cartoons and animation.